The Wedding Update

Since it will be the sole purpose of my life over the next few weeks, it is time for the second wedding update! All of you have received invitations by now, so of course it’s finally sunken in that this is no joke—these kids really are getting married. No, Kelly didn’t lose a bet. No, I’m not actually a Mexican illegal alien looking for citizenship by marrying a hot American woman. This thing is for real, and it is only six weeks away. And of course, when the time comes for love, peace, and harmony, it is only natural that absolute madness ensues. The two months before a wedding have an inescapable ability to challenge you in ways you’ve never been challenged before. But it’s all for the best cause imaginable.

For those wanting an update on progress, I’m fortunate to report that a lot has been made! (Forgive me, Mrs. Williams—my twelfth grade English teacher—for using passive voice) Over the past several weeks we have chosen and mailed invitations, selected/reserved tuxedos for the gentlemen of the wedding, finalized dinner and reception plans, had three separate pre-marriage counseling sessions with our pastor (I am very relieved to say that he let me pass with a last minute extra credit assignment), made arrangements with the florist, selected (and deliciously tried) our wedding cake, chose music for the ceremony, and doled out information more often than the Paris Hilton Fashion Advice hotline. And, of course, much more is to come. As we start to receive confirmation back from many of you via RSVP, we become more and more excited about the wedding…thank you for all of your support!

Amusingly enough, I have chosen this same time period to become more involved than ever in volunteer work and hobbies. I think deep down I must have a death wish, but I suppose if that were true I would just drop everything and kidnap the family of Jack Bauer (a la 24). Anyway, the iMac has launched several of these hobbies, including expanding my Photoshop and web design work, as well as continuing work on my second large-scale volunteer project at work. As a side note here, I will be traveling to New Mexico in two weeks (February 10) to find out where we place in the company-wide Discovery Award, an award which rewards volunteer project teams for outstanding achievement. Lori, Jan, and I will be attending, but will quickly send word to our outstanding teammates back home when we find out. Wish us luck!

Other recent “projects” include playing competitive Scrabble (yes, that's right), UG basketball (we have two games left, and still haven’t won), poking the cat to see how many times she’ll let me, watching a strangely larger amount of TV shows (Alias, Lost, 24, The Amazing Race, The Daily Show, American Idol, The West Wing), and using parenthetical expressions while writing posts (my favorite). Mostly I’m just trying to keep my head above water without going crazy. Mwa-ha-ha.

Well, before I go, I have a small special bonus for this post: pictures of Sydney! Because she’s a cat, she has an innate ability to sleep that comes built-in and often-exercised. Of course, that’s when she also looks the most adorable, so here are three recently-taken photos of her in those moments:

                    

Take care, everyone, and thanks for reading!